Pleasant. That doesn't sound like much of an accomplishment, or a benchmark or like,…
Read more Read more

Perpetually in-the-know Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin tweeted that "according to design guideline there no need to put hardware buttons on front. Samsung, LG, HTC will have such phones." When WP7 Mango hardware is announced, there could be a distinct lack of home, search, menu and back buttons, in other words. Would that affect your purchase of a WP7 phone, readers? Or are soft-touch buttons no longer needed in 2011? [@EldarMurtazin via ThePhoneBlog via WMPowerUser]

You can keep up with Kat Hannaford, the author of this post, on Twitter or Facebook.